Lian Li answers cries from Xbox 360 owners

Lian Li's Xbox 360 chassis looks like it could be a winner, but there is no word on pricing or availability just yet.

We popped along to see Lian Li this morning and it had one of the more interesting cases that we’ve seen during this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, and this one isn’t for PCs – it’s for Xbox 360 owners.

The company has designed an all aluminium Xbox 360 replacement enclosure that lives up to Lian Li’s reputation for quality and sleek, stylish design. The chassis was a prototype, but it contained a fully-functional Xbox 360 on which I had time to do a quick race in PGR4.

Of course, you’re going to have to pull your Xbox 360 out of its original case, which means that your warranty will be void. But with that said, Lian Li’s solution is a vast improvement over the Xbox 360 chassis’ cooling, which means that it will be a much quieter design and overheating should be less of an issue as well.

Lian Li’s representatives said that, due to the prototype case’s design, there is the chance for end users to replace the Xbox 360 hard drive with something cheaper and larger too, because Microsoft’s drives aren’t exactly good value for money when it comes to pounds per gigabyte.

This product is by no means final, but Lian Li is hoping to launch it later this year – we’ll bring you more information on the product as and when it becomes available on the market. For now though, we’ll leave you with some pictures that you can discuss in the forums.

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I dont think that its a bad idea, if my product was out of warrenty. but if its still in warrenty, and it breaks, i can have it fixed for free. but if i take it out of the case and there has already been enough damage that its just a matter of time before it breaks, not only have I now spent the money on a case, but i have to pay to have it fixed.
so I would just keep it as is rather than risk it.

I've been waiting for someone to produce something like this for about a year now, and I never expected it to be a company like Lian Li. I find this to be a very minor overhaul though, as far as I can see the GPU will have less directed airflow over it and the optical drive is in the same position as before. If the optical drive was lifted (plenty of space in that box) and the gpu given a better heatsink it'd probably make a massive difference! I hope there's an option without the silly window too, don't want that in my AV stack!

Plus, it looks like everything is behind that pop down door. Need to swap discs, open the door. Want to have a wired controller or your play and charge kit hooked up? Yup, gotta have that door open the whole time.

Doors on PC cases are bad enough, but to have them on your consoles as well? No thanks.

Besides, Lian Li already make a case for my 360. It's called the PC70 and my console sits very nicely on top of it :)

This is not up to lian-li standards :\ A prototype, and an uggly one. It's so bland. The window could be a nice touch, but at least they should've brightned the interior.
A case like the PC-C30A would better fit in the living room.

Originally Posted by Stonewall78Nice idea and all but you just can't throw a bigger HDD in there and have it work.

That was my understanding as well. Do these guys actually know enough about the 360?

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Originally Posted by zoom314I like the idea, But All It does besides help solve the cooling problem possibly, is make the Xbox360 look like a PC, It lacks something, But I can't put My finger on It.

Elegance is what I think it lacks. I hate to say it but it looks too much like your standard PC case with a window. Look at the standard 360 case and the shape of the controllers - last gen was boxier but this gen is smooth & curvy - like a polished river rock - not an industrial looking box.

wow, extra money people will have to spend on their (I'm guessing) older 360.. and that's just to make it "dependable".....sad....isn't MS taking care of this w/ the extended 3-year warranty? or is that only for the RRoD specifically?, but isn't that what this case is trying to help avoid?...confused....

Umm, I'd just get it to make my 360 look snazzy and have something to mod the cr@p out of (inc water-cooling), not to make it being dependable, same as most who say this is a good diea. Don't assume things my friend :)

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